Letter from Arthur Stayner, 15 January 1889
Salt Lake City, Utah, .
Prest Woodruff and members of the Twelve Apostles:
Dear Brethren:–
On Saturday last the 12th inst, I received a copy of a con:
joint report made by two committees, one appointed by yourselves
and one by the Board of Directors of Z.C.M.I., whose duty it was to
investigate the merits of propositions to be made by me looking
to the inauguration of a company for the production and
manufacture of Sugar in this Territory.
If the Brethren had seen fit, before they made their report, to
have accorded to me even one opportunity of laying before them
in Board assembled the information correspondence and corrob-
orative evidence at my command, I would have esteemed
it as a courteous kindness to me, and a respectful apprecia-
tion of the Powers at whose instance and in whose behalf they
acted, and of the importance of the business to be discussed,
and I feel assured that the recommendation contained in
the latter part of their report would not have been made.
I thank you respectfully for having appointed said committee
